German ace Florian Wellbrock, who claimed a record four open water world titles in Singapore a year ago, picked up where he left off, with European gold in the 10km today in Paris, with Hungary's David Betlehem and Germany's Oliver Klemet next home
TIMELINE - January - April- The SOS Daily Trawl of official World long-course records (plus all pre 1954 standards, all pools and metrics) set this day throughout history.
Australia gave the rest of the Commonwealth a thumping in Glasgow, though reports of "the greatest" Dolphin school ever are inaccurate (eg., see 1998); what does it means for GBR two years out from LA2028; and what do we make of the generous $1m in rewards for Aussies from Gina Rinehart?
An argument that ought never to have started is, effectively, won, yet women still find themselves having to fight to see fair play, safe play and sex-based rights back where they should be: as the three pillars holding up the two gateways to sport
Why Word Aquatics is heading in the wrong direction on Russia despite the lessons of the past decade and the toxic past of FINA that screams to the current leadership to call a halt and make neutrality mean just that
A $250 million lawsuit against Nancy Hogshead, Champion Women, and Deb DiMatteo has been dismissed - Federal Court Declares Women's Sports Advocates Have First Amendment Right to Warn of the Risks of Sexually Abusive Coaches
The China Open was striking for four reasons: McEvoy's master-class 20.88; money magnets that drew foreign stars to a charm offensive that doubled as domestic championships; the speed of Zhang as he beat Märtens in the 200, 400 & 800 free; and the very young age of many Chinese finalists
